Paddy Jupurrurla Nelson b. 1919

  • Artist (Painter)
A senior ceremonial and religious leader in the Yuendumu community, Paddy Nelson had been at the forefront of the Warlukurlangu art movement since its inception and with other senior men painted the famous Yuendumu Doors of the school (now in the South Australian Museum) in 1983.
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Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia. One of several Yuendumu painters who worked on this very early large canvas which helped to launch Warlukurlangu Artists when shown in Sydney in December 1985

 

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